Benediction from back home

"Now, as you leave this place,

May the living Lord go with you.

May he go behind you, to encourage you;

Beside you, to befriend you in obedient ministry;

Above you, to watch over you;

Beneath you, to lift you from your sorrows;

Within you, to give you the gifts of faith

and hope and love;

And always before you, to show you the way. Amen."
-Rev. Blair Monie


These words have been resonating with me throughout the week.